I'm working in Windows at the moment ... Looks like the 5.2 w/ Tomcat distro also needs CATALINA_HOME set. This will normally be <liferay-home>/tomcat-5.5.27.

Posted on 3/15/09 12:28 PM.

I'm Working on Ubuntu Linux, I want to upgrade my ext environment (LR 5.2.2) which contains customize code to LR 5.2.3 how can i proceed? so that the upgrade will not affect to my customized code.
Can anybody please give me step by step instructions ??

Posted on 7/6/09 2:35 AM.

I'm working Ubuntu LTS and it seems to work better with CATALINA_HOME, CATALINA_BASE, CATALINA_TMPDIR and JRE_HOME all set in addition to the JAVA_HOME. We see a small performance improvement from doing this instead of making the server fetch it/figure it out.

Posted on 7/6/09 10:26 AM in reply to Bill Hazard.

And I forgot to add that if you're planning to use a "real" database like Postgres or MySQL, you'll have to do more than this to get it working. "Next Steps" really ought to include the pointer to the database configuration stuff.

Posted on 7/6/09 10:28 AM in reply to Lisa Simpson.

glassfish version on OSX boots out of the box

thumbs up

Posted on 9/23/09 7:26 PM.

Liferay is a beautiful product.
The Liferay/Tomcat 5.5 installation works out of the box on OpenSolaris (with standard Java 6), so I expect it to work on Solaris eXpress Community Edition too.
Later on I 'll check Liferay working on Solaris 10.
But first there is a lot of exploring to do, since Liferay is quite new to me.

I 'll make some notes of my UNIX specific Liferay adventures and share some manualish things from time to time.

Thanks, Kuba

Posted on 10/28/09 12:56 PM.

I've encountered some problems while installing liferay 5.2.3 on windows - it failed with the following errors

19-Nov-2009 14:25:07 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [] startup failed due to previous errors
19-Nov-2009 14:25:10 org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader loadClass
INFO: Illegal access: this web application instance has been stopped already. Could not load org.apache.log4j.spi.LocationInfo. The eventual following stack trace is caused by an error thrown for debugging purposes as well as to attempt to terminate the thread which caused the illegal access, and has no functional impact.
java.lang.IllegalStateException
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1273)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
at org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent.getLocationInformation(LoggingEvent.java:247)
at org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternParser$LocationPatternConverter.convert(PatternParser.java:483)
at org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternConverter.format(PatternConverter.java:65)
at org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout.format(PatternLayout.java:502)
at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.subAppend(WriterAppender.java:302)
at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:160)
at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:251)
at org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:66)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:206)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:391)
at org.apache.log4j.Category.log(Category.java:856)
at com.liferay.portal.log.Log4jLogImpl.info(Log4jLogImpl.java:80)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.LogWrapper.info(LogWrapper.java:124)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.deploy.hot.HotDeployEvent.initDependentServletContextNames(HotDeployEvent.java:108)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.deploy.hot.HotDeployEvent.<init>(HotDeployEvent.java:57)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.HookContextListener.contextInitialized(HookContextListener.java:47)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3843)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4342)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:926)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:889)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:492)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1149)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578)


until I removed

if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" (
set JAVA_HOME=
)

from the bin/setenv.bat. After that it worked fine. May be this will save time with configuration/researching for somebody

Posted on 11/19/09 6:28 AM.

I have an issue with multiple tomcat instances. I was building 5.3 from source and deployed it to tomcat. I left there only /webapp, /lib/ext, conf/server.xml, and modified /bin/startup.sh&shutdown.sh script for having different $CATALINA_BASE. I setup server.xml for connector to listen on different IP and changed hostname.

/opt/jdk1.6.0_16/bin/java -Dnop Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager -Xms766m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/opt/aaa/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/endorsed -classpath :/opt/aaa/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/bin/bootstrap.jar -Dcatalina.base=/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.20 -Dcatalina.home=/opt/aaa/apache-tomcat-6.0.20 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/temp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start

It boots up, listens on that IP and port, but doesn't respond at all, it's like the requests get lost and doesn't even get logged.

Please help, I'm going crazy

Posted on 2/12/10 8:25 PM in reply to Anna Galkina.

I forgot to change common.loader=${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib/ext/*.jar in catalina.properties to {catalina.base}/lib/ext/*.jar

Posted on 2/13/10 9:21 AM in reply to Joseph Vychtrle.

one thing that might be interesting to tell:

If you download the jetty package (I did now for the first time, because it's smaller than the tomcat package), you have to go into the jetty bin directory, e.g. "jetty-6.1.23/bin" for liferay 6.0.1 and run "run.sh" from there - otherwise the start.jar is not found.

It might be helpful for beginners to get started easier to add a start script in the top level of the distribution archive

Posted on 4/28/10 9:35 AM.

For installation on a server (liferay 6.0.2 with tomcat), is Apache web server required for proper functionality?

Thanks,

Posted on 6/28/10 6:57 AM.

Liferay 5.2 + Glassfish instalation
Download liferay-portal-glassfish-windows-5.2.3.jar

Do next:

1. Run CMD (Command line)
cmd>java -Xms512m -Xmx1024m liferay-portal-glassfish-windows-5.2.3.jar

2. After it will installed
cmd>cd glassfish

3. Then settup
cmd>ant -f setup.xml

If ANT is not present in your system then do next:
cmd>lib\ant\bin\ant -f setup.xml

4. Run
cmd>cd bin
cmd>asadmin.bat start-domain

If after install u will see error in console:

Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap
Could not create the Java virtual machine.


do next:

Windows enviroment:
JAVA_OPTS = -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m
_JAVA_OPTIONS = -Xmx32m

restart OS

or try it in console by next:

set JAVA_OPTS=-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m
set _JAVA_OPTIONS=-Xmx32m

and next:
asadmin.bat start-domain

good luck ;)

Posted on 7/7/10 3:37 AM.

by the way, if you allready will have problem to start server tra next configuration:

in command line:
set JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m

edit file: ../glassfish/domains/domain1/config/domain.xml

find line: <java-config
and edit tag with new:

<java-config classpath-suffix="" debug-enabled="false" debug-options="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=9009" env-classpath-ignored="true" java-home="${com.sun.aas.javaRoot}" javac-options="-g" rmic-options="-iiop -poa -alwaysgenerate -keepgenerated -g" system-classpath="">
<!-- various required jvm-options -->
<jvm-options>-XX:MaxPermSize=128m</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-client</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Djava.endorsed.dirs=${com.sun.aas.installRoot}/lib/endorsed</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Djava.security.policy=${com.sun.aas.instanceRoot}/config/server.policy</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Djava.security.auth.login.config=${com.sun.aas.instanceRoot}/config/login.conf</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Xms512m</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Xmx1024m</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=${com.sun.aas.instanceRoot}/config/keystore.jks</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=${com.sun.aas.instanceRoot}/config/cacerts.jks</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Djava.ext.dirs=${com.sun.aas.javaRoot}/lib/ext${path.separator}${com.sun.aas.javaRoot}/jre/lib/ext${path.separator}${com.sun.aas.instanceRoot}/lib/ext${path.separator}${com.sun.aas.derbyRoot}/lib</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Djdbc.drivers=org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Djavax.management.builder.initial=com.sun.enterprise.admin.server.core.jmx.AppServerMBeanServerBuilder</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Dcom.sun.enterprise.config.config_environment_factory_class=com.sun.enterprise.config.serverbeans.AppserverConfigEnvironmentFactory</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Dcom.sun.enterprise.taglibs=appserv-jstl.jar,jsf-impl.jar</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Dcom.sun.enterprise.taglisteners=jsf-impl.jar</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-XX:NewRatio=2</jvm-options>
<!--
Use the following jvm-options element to disable the quick startup:
com.sun.enterprise.server.ss.ASQuickStartup=false
-->
</java-config>

hope it will help you ;)

Posted on 7/7/10 5:00 AM.

Hi Nathaniel Patterson,

My PC have jdk1.5.o and jdk1.6.0_21(C:\Program Files\Java) versions and jre1.5.0,jre1.6.0_20 and jre1.6.0_21.(C:\Program Files\Java) and Tomcat 5.5(C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5)


In My PC the User variables settings were like bellow:

1. CATALINA_HOME - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\bin;

2. CLASSPATH - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\lib;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\lib\servlet-api.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\lib\tools.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\lib\servlet-api.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\lib\jsp-api.jar;

3. JAVA_HOME - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0

4. PATH - %JAVA_HOME%\bin;


Now i have extract the liferay-portal-6.0.2 into the this location(C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation).

Now i have dpuble click the startup.bat file in the location of the (C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\liferay-portal-6.0.2\tomcat-6.0.26\bin).

Is it process what i have done as above?
Can you suggest me what can i do next.

Posted on 7/14/10 10:35 PM in reply to Nathaniel Patterson.

Official Documentation link (in Other Documentation) doesn't works.

Posted on 8/23/10 1:59 AM.